I recently had an Osburn 2400i(nsert) installed into my newly purchased house. The installer put in a 6" liner into my exterior brick chimney. The house is a split level, the stove is in a basement which is about half way underground.
I have about 4 cords of well seasoned wood. Have been through about a 1/2 cord so far this fall. The wood is dry, always ignites within a minute. The stove lights easily, I can start a fire with 5-6 pieces of newspaper, some branches, and a piece of cordwood, and the fire is well on its way with no further attention. This is not when I have the drafting problem. I cannot load the stove with any additional wood until the flames are entirely gone, and only embers are left in the stove. Normally this isn't a huge problem, but if we want to put on one more piece of wood before bed, leaving to go somewhere or whatever, that is when we run into problems. In other words, if there is an established fire, you can't open the door without smoke pouring into the room.
This occurs when there is no wind, or there is wind, so it isn't a wind issue with the cap. The brick portion of the chimney goes higher than the roofline already (off the top of my head - it is dark right now as I type). The installer then left ~1.5 feet of pipe exposed and put the cap in place. For this reason, I don't think that it is a height issue. I've opened windows in the house attempting to equalize pressures, again no luck here.
I *think* that the problem really has come in from where the exhaust outlet on the Osburn is located. It is very far to the front of the stove. When he installed the stove, he couldn't get the liner to line up with the exhaust port. So he had to go to a metal shop and have a (beautiful - at the cost of just over $100) stainless steel double bend elbow made. So it goes up, bends 90 degrees, back another 8-10", and makes another 90 degree bend to line with the liner.
Once loaded, the stove burns great. I've only had to clean the glass when I performed the low temperature break in burns to cure the paint. I've burned the stove for upwards of two weeks, heating the entire house. I'm very happy with the performance, just not the smoke in the house. I did notice that from the previous homeowner, there is a lot of soot on the bricks directly above the fireplace opening.
Thoughts? Many thanks!
I have about 4 cords of well seasoned wood. Have been through about a 1/2 cord so far this fall. The wood is dry, always ignites within a minute. The stove lights easily, I can start a fire with 5-6 pieces of newspaper, some branches, and a piece of cordwood, and the fire is well on its way with no further attention. This is not when I have the drafting problem. I cannot load the stove with any additional wood until the flames are entirely gone, and only embers are left in the stove. Normally this isn't a huge problem, but if we want to put on one more piece of wood before bed, leaving to go somewhere or whatever, that is when we run into problems. In other words, if there is an established fire, you can't open the door without smoke pouring into the room.
This occurs when there is no wind, or there is wind, so it isn't a wind issue with the cap. The brick portion of the chimney goes higher than the roofline already (off the top of my head - it is dark right now as I type). The installer then left ~1.5 feet of pipe exposed and put the cap in place. For this reason, I don't think that it is a height issue. I've opened windows in the house attempting to equalize pressures, again no luck here.
I *think* that the problem really has come in from where the exhaust outlet on the Osburn is located. It is very far to the front of the stove. When he installed the stove, he couldn't get the liner to line up with the exhaust port. So he had to go to a metal shop and have a (beautiful - at the cost of just over $100) stainless steel double bend elbow made. So it goes up, bends 90 degrees, back another 8-10", and makes another 90 degree bend to line with the liner.
Once loaded, the stove burns great. I've only had to clean the glass when I performed the low temperature break in burns to cure the paint. I've burned the stove for upwards of two weeks, heating the entire house. I'm very happy with the performance, just not the smoke in the house. I did notice that from the previous homeowner, there is a lot of soot on the bricks directly above the fireplace opening.
Thoughts? Many thanks!
